ARC Helicopters has successfully provided aerial firefighting support to the New South Wales (NSW) National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) on a 4-year contract. Services included aerial fire suppression, insertion/extraction of NPWS and Remote Area Firefighting team (RAFT) by winching. Other ARC Helicopters aerial firefighting contracts include aerial fire cover for 82,000 hectares of Pine Forest for Australian Paper Plantation in Gippsland – Victoria, and Call When Needed aerial firefighting service to Victoria’s Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE).
The company also supplies Airbus Super Puma (H225) heavy helicopters for aerial firefighting and civil protection services to support the management of climate change, in Australia and internationally.
ARC has provided company IFR BK 117 B2 to the NSW ambulance service, Australian Search and Rescue (AuSAR), and aerial support services to several private sector organisations, including the Taiwanese search and rescue service.
ARC Helicopters’ Civil Aviation Safety Authority Air Operation Certificate (AOC) is approved for Charter and Aerial Work operations under Part 133 and Part 138. The Aerial work operations include (but are not limited to): aerial firefighting, winching rappelling, search and rescue, pipeline/ powerline inspections, construction and air ambulance.